Someone searched for “Japanese word for crab” and landed on my blog hahaha.
In case the person comes back again, it is 蟹 （かに/Kani).
Also Pot is 鍋 （なべ/Nabe) in Japanese..
And in japan.. they sell Kani Nabe hehe Crab in the hot pot.
I told my Japanese friends about it and they found it quite funny. When some of them came to visit me, the kept talking about Kani Nabe…. LOL!
This also reminds me of Yeo’s drink.. remember the 金玉茶 ? It’s read as Kintama Cha in Japanese.. which means.. Testicle Tea! LOL! My friend bought about half a dozen back to Japan as souvenirs! LOL!
Reading Sharon Au’s blog has inspired me to want to study Japanese again. And I have been thinking about it for the longest time but have not done anything about it!
Anyway…
Since I cannot go to Japan like her (boo hoo hoo!), I will have to make do learning Japanese in England!
I’m thinking of signing up for evening classes at the University of London… Term has started so I can’t sign up for now… which is good cos I want to think it through and make sure I’ll not give up Japanese again!
I also stumbled upon JapanesePod101.com and it seems like it’s quite good and I can download and listen to the mp3 while I’m in the train on the way to work. If JapanesPod101 will work for me, then I might consider signing up for the class. I have signed up for a free trial account and was listening to some scary Japanese story! Kowaiiiiii!! So scary!!!
Hmmm…
Anyway, I know how to knit already!! The scarf is going pretty well at the moment! My mother-in-law taught me how to do it. 🙂 Husband will soon have a warm scarf! I’m looking forward to knitting another one for myself and then go on to more interesting projects!!
I was Brain Training on the way to work on Friday…I was playing Word Blend which ask you to identify word spoken simultaneously…
I was doing really well! Until I heard this.. Ka-Ra-Tee. I didn’t know what it was! And gave up! And turns out.. It’s Karate – KA-RA-TEH! Argh! That cost me some points! Grrr. Please listen the correct pronunciation here!
And the same night, I was watching some show on tv and this guy said he likes to eat Wa-ka-MEE! Please lah!! It is Wakame as in Wa-ka-meh!
Argh! I hate it when the ang mohs like to anyhowly pronounce Japanese words! Here is a useful list on how to pronounce some common Japanese words. And to all you westerners who like to say Ka-ree-okee, please check this out!!
Am suddenly wanting to learn how to knit!
Should I be scared??
Hehehe
Anyway, where do I start? Am looking at videos on Videojug and I think I want to knit a scarf.. for myself and husband. And also knit something for our baby… NO lah not pregnant now hehe but I’m thinking it would be nice to knit something for our baby hahaha and also I saw some lovely vintage knitting patterns on ebay and I would love to have one of those!!
Plus, Dr. Kawashima (from Brain Training – DS game) said knitting is good for the brain!
I can’t make up my mind whether to like or dislike Rome.
The food there is great! I enjoyed my every meal in Rome. I had been having lots of Spaghetti alle Vongle veraci (at the same restaurant) cos the food there is just so good!! The gelato is great too!
Shopping is good too but it can be quite expensive! I just realised that I spent SGD525 on a jacket!! OMG! It didn’t seem that much when it’s £172! Husband told me to chill because he said it’s alright to pay for something that is of good quality. (He prefers me to get a few good quality stuff and not lots of cheap stuff!!) We also got a couple of flatcaps from La Coppola Storta. (I have been wanting to get a flatcap for a long time but can never find one that fits my small head!) La Coppola Storta has so many flatcaps and they have them in Small size too! I wasn’t keen on getting it at first because of the price (€50/£35/S$105!!) but the sales person was so good we had to buy it! The guy was so funny. He let me try on lots of flatcaps and suggested what colours would look good etc. When we decided to get it (after lots of haggling but not much success! The boss is a Jew apparently!) he pinched our cheeks and said we made a good choice! LOL! I wish I’ve taken a photo with him!
Now.. what do I dislike about Rome?
The traffic is bad, it’s hard to get around in Rome. The metro doesn’t run everywhere! The bus takes a long time to come and doesn’t really bring you to where you want to go so walking is the best mode of transport.. but not when you have been walking for an average of 13km a day! The city is full of graffiti. The train on the metro line B is covered in graffiti.. sometimes on the inside too! Not very nice i think and the metro stations have a funny smell to it.. very dingy.
And i got really annoyed when I made my way to the Palantino only to find it close due to some union meeting! And so was the Colosseum! Luckily I went to the Colosseum the day before so i wasn’t that bothered! (The Colosseum is amazing!!!!!) We tried to go to the Vatican City… joined the queue like everyone else and was then told that we were all in the wrong queue and had to join the other queue which was more than a mile! We couldn’t even see the end of it. Husband got so fedup and we decided to have some retail therapy and go back in the afternoon when it’s not so crowded. But of course, we never did cos it take ages to go anywhere in Rome!
Yeah we’re now thinking if we ever want to go back to Rome to do the list of things that we didn’t have time to do.. ie. Vatican City.. Pompeii… We’re thinking of bringing Father-in-law there during the off peak season.. or maybe to Milan and Florence which apparently according to Husband is not like Rome – a 3rd world country that happens to be very rich and very lucky to have so many attractions.
What do they have in common?
They are all Japanese words! And also it really annoys me when people think I pronounce them properly when I can speak proper (though not very fluent anymore) Japanese!!
Just a couple of days ago, I was just telling my friend that it really annoys me that I now have to pronounce Karaoke as Ka-ree-okee and not Ka-ra-okeh just so people here can understand me! Argh! All the ang mohs like to say ka-ree-okee? WHY?? How/Where did they get the REE from the RA?
And Sake (the Japanese rice wine) is Sa-keh not Sa-kee! Argh! There was once my ex-boss and i had a conversation about Japan and I talked about sake and he gave me a blank look and he realised what i was talking about and said.. “Right, it’s sa-kee”.
Argh! No! You silly person! It’s Sa-keh! Argh!
And it’s Po-keh-mon not Po-Kee-Mon! Oh yeah, i had a friend who once told me he thought it was pronounced as POKE-MON as in .. poke you know? like in facebook? Poke? hahahahaha It was so funny!
Yeah speaking of Pokemon, I’ve recently started playing Pokemon Diamond on the DS lite because i’ve finished Hotel Dusk Room 215 (great game!). I didn’t think much of it at first and boy am i so wrong! It’s one of the best games ever! It’s just so fun catching and training the Pokemon and to put them up against other Pokemon! I have about 20 or so now and sometimes it’s so hard to choose which one i can put in my “pocket” because I like them all! hehe
And i like to give my Pokemon funny names.. well funny to me at least. I caught a Magikarp (it’s a fish) which is one of the worse Pokemon in the game but anyway, i named it ASSAM as in Assam Pedas cos we’ve been cooking them a lot at home recently! hahaha and then I named A Combee (which is a bee) – Honey and a Zubat which is a bat – Batty Suarez (Ugly Betty!) and a Psyduck (which is a duck) – Peiking.. u know.. like Peiking Duck hahahaha Oh yeah and a mean looking piece of rock, Geodude – Pebble hehehe and an Onix (snake which has a rock body) – Igneous.. u know.. like Igneous rock hehe. Oh yeah and my latest edition, a balloon Pokemon, Drifloon – Poppy! LOL!
I named the rest after the dogs and cats here and also after some members of my family. hehe
I think I won’t be completing this game in a long time.. which is good because there are not much good DS games at the moment. I hate it when I run out of games to play…which means i’ll be stuck with More Brain Training .. which is a really good game but there is only about 6 or 7 different trainings I can have in a day so it can get kinda boring.. especially on a 45min commute to work and back!
Just received this email from a friend… and I am now really annoyed!
Dear All,
Few weeks ago, some of us tasted the famous Tiger Beer Chilli Crab at Bricks Lane. I understand there are some disappointment over the cooking.
Yesterday, I met up with the Manager in Kiasu and provided them the feedback. I was told they have to tone down the level of chilli as instructed by the Management Company that organised the event. In fact they were being advised there would be more Western tourists!
So, here is another chance for chilli crab. Kiasu restaurant has already introduced Chilli Crab into the menu. They are in the process of drawing up a new menu but do not hesitate to ask for Chilli Crab even if it is not on the menu yet. If you have any chance of trying the chilli crab in Kiasu, please share with us your experience.
For those who do not know where Kiasu restaurant is, here is the information :
Kiasu Restaurant
48 Queensway, Bayswater
London W2 3RY
Tel : 0207 727 8810
I hope this update will be useful to all of you.
Regards
Well, this update is not only useful, it’s annoying as well!
I don’t know who is telling the truth. I’m not sure if the restaurant was really asked to toned down but anyway….
How can you say you want to organise a Singapore food festival when you are serving “toned down” Singapore food?!?!?!
And it’s not just the bloody chilli crabs! It’s the chicken rice and char kway teow as well! Who the hell wants to go to Singapore for a salty chicken rice and a bland char kway teow? Someone with no sense of taste, perhaps?!
I don’t think I will go for any events organised by the STB or anything to do with Singapore food because i know i’ll be so disappointed… unless .. they fly in REAL hawkers from Singapore and they must cook their food in their white singlet!
I’m going to tell every single friend of mine not to go for such events anymore because it’s not real Singapore food. Heck, I’m sure I can cook better than that.. I just need some practice! I’m sure my char kway teow will not be that tasteless like the one that was sold for £5 0r was it £3.50? Whatever lah, it was quite expensive for that small portion.
Argh! This is just plain ridiculous! Selling “toned down” Singaporean food to thousands of people hoping to attract them to Singapore! Please lah!
Had a haircut today…
My stylist is a Spaniard. He is quite cool.. and he also had his trousers hanging off his bum thus showing his pants… (in the UK, must say trousers ..cos pants = underwear/panties… My husband say one and there was once i asked him if he saw my pants and he said yes and then promptly brought my panties to me! I actually meant my trousers! anyway..)
Yeah, i like my haircut.. it is alright.. so Husband was happy.. and very relieved. He told me he has been praying that I’ll like my haircut because he doesn’t like me to complain about it like the last few times!!! hehe
I miss my hairstylist in Singapore. I think he is the best. I wish I’m filthy rich so i can fly him over just to cut my hair! Well.. actually, if i’m filthy rich, i’d fly back to Singapore for a haircut, visit my family and friends and have a plate of chicken rice.. and maybe add in a plate of char kway teow with lots of cockles and chilli.. and also a bowl of beancurd and sambal kangkong.. oh and also the fish head curry from Toa Payoh Lorong 8. Oh.. and also lots of shopping!!
I miss home 😦 Boo hoo hoo!!
I am very much attracted to Dexter.
xxx
電車 Girl 